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Honk Kong Design Center
Honk Kong Design Center
Being surrounded by a semi-continuous three hundred foot wall of high-rise apartment buildings, the architectural language of the multidisciplinary design school in Hong Kong articulates the building as a mediator between this condition and the low-rise future government buildings to the south of the site. The building intercedes its surroundings by acting as a grandstand, which opens up to the only unobstructed view of Junk Bay. The main design principles of this building are therefore primarily dictated through the optimization of light and views, coupled with the programmatic and organization standards of a multidisciplinary design institution.
The ridge-like form of the building is lacerated to provide light wells that filter ample daylight on all floors, creating a series of volumetric wedges, which offer a varied interior landscape. All design studio spaces are located on a stepped floor at the top level of the building, while subject-specific areas slip beneath the slope of the studio floors. This relationship allows for direct access from support spaces to specific studios, while optimizing for the light and acoustic needs of discreet creative programs. The overall organization therefore stimulates a diverse synergetic learning and teaching environment between academics of varied disciplines.
Conceptually, the design school also emphasizes the relationship between Hong Kong and the synergetic energies of the faculty and students, through the direct visual and experiential continuity of its architectural language. Being situated on reclaimed land as part of a development phase exclusively driven by profit, the building also addresses the need for “a second step of reclamation” visa-vie the rice fields on the roof of the building, which reflect the historic and traditional use of the cultivated site condition. These rice fields are integrated with a green façade, which are part of a holistic sustainable climate concept for the building. A demand for a more conscientious future building approach is therefore articulated through this integrated green climatic system.
The differentiated quality of the unique spaces, resulting from the flexible organization of the building are highly suitable for this future oriented institution. The design school acts as a communication facilitator between students, faculty, visitors, and is reflexive of Hong Kong’s evolving cultural and urban condition.
The ridge-like form of the building is lacerated to provide light wells that filter ample daylight on all floors, creating a series of volumetric wedges, which offer a varied interior landscape. All design studio spaces are located on a stepped floor at the top level of the building, while subject-specific areas slip beneath the slope of the studio floors. This relationship allows for direct access from support spaces to specific studios, while optimizing for the light and acoustic needs of discreet creative programs. The overall organization therefore stimulates a diverse synergetic learning and teaching environment between academics of varied disciplines.
Conceptually, the design school also emphasizes the relationship between Hong Kong and the synergetic energies of the faculty and students, through the direct visual and experiential continuity of its architectural language. Being situated on reclaimed land as part of a development phase exclusively driven by profit, the building also addresses the need for “a second step of reclamation” visa-vie the rice fields on the roof of the building, which reflect the historic and traditional use of the cultivated site condition. These rice fields are integrated with a green façade, which are part of a holistic sustainable climate concept for the building. A demand for a more conscientious future building approach is therefore articulated through this integrated green climatic system.
The differentiated quality of the unique spaces, resulting from the flexible organization of the building are highly suitable for this future oriented institution. The design school acts as a communication facilitator between students, faculty, visitors, and is reflexive of Hong Kong’s evolving cultural and urban condition.
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